Burnley boss Vincent Kompany makes Manuel Benson admission following victory at Bristol City

The Belgian winger is fast making it his trademark to score from distance, but the superb curling effort from the right corner of the box after 33 minutes was special even by his recent standards.

Tommy Conway's low drive from Andi Weimann's pass for his 12th goal of the season had City level on the hour and made him the club's top scorer for the campaign.

But two minutes later, a defensive error allowed Burnley substitute Jay Rodriguez to score the winner from 12 yards after being teed up by Scott Twine to keep the champions on course to top 100 points for the season as they moved onto 98.

When asked if Benson's left foot was magic, boss Kompany smiled and said: "If he gets five in a row that I will say so. But I want another one to be sure.

"Today he was running back towards his own goal when he struck the ball. It's no coincidence that he keeps scoring like that. It's something he has been doing since he was a kid and we are very happy to have him.

"Goals others would find hard to score are just normal for him. I will still be asking him for some tap-ins, but what he has done for us is fantastic.

"It was a good performance from the whole team, although we allowed Bristol to gain some momentum in the last 20 minutes and that made it a difficult game for us.

"We started really well and for long spells we looked threatening. We scored two goals, but maybe our end product was a little less than I would have liked.

"When we did come under pressure, we did what we had to do in those moments, defending crosses and getting up the pitch. It was a side of our game we needed today."

Rodriguez replaced Lyle Foster, who was injured in a clash of heads with Kal Naismith during the first half.

Kompany added: "He was feeling dizzy so we could take no chances, but we think he's OK."

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